Why does President Trump not like the policy?

President Trump has often signaled his displeasure with the idea of birthright citizenship by using the term “anchor baby” to describe a child born in the United States to parents who are not legally inside the country.

And in his interview with Axios, the president described how immigrants can take advantage of the policy.

“We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States ... with all of those benefits,” Trump said during his interview with Axios. “It’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous. And it has to end.”

Kids and loved ones celebrate the newly naturalized citizens of the United States after a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami field office on Friday, Aug. 12.

The problem comes with the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”

“Several legal scholars and political scientists who have delved into the history of the 14th Amendment have concluded that “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” has no plain meaning,” he wrote, “and that the executive branch’s current, broad application of the Citizenship Clause may not be warranted.”

The full Axios interview with Trump will be aired Nov. 4 on “Axios on HBO.”

About 275,000 babies were born to unauthorized-immigrant parents in 2014, or about 7% of the 4 million births in the U.S. Source: Pew Research CenterGraphic: Staff, Tribune News ServiceAnnual U.S. births to unauthorized immigrantsDrop in number of babies born to unauthorized immigrants’80’85’90’95’00’05’10’14050100150200250300350400 thousandPeak, 2006-2007275,000370,00030,000